Building bioinformatics capacity in Latin America
EMBLetc The CABANA project was born out of a desire to strengthen bioinformatics capacity and accelerate data-driven biology in Latin America.
2022
Tools for teachers
Lab Matters EMBL reminds teachers of freely available educational resources and workshops just in time for school.
2022
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Summer in Science – life in a research lab
Lab Matters 20 secondary school students from all over Italy participated in the fourth edition of Summer in Science at EMBL Rome.
2022
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Augmenting science
Lab Matters The Scientific Visitor Programme shares EMBL tools and talent with outside researchers in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments.
2022
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Visualising Life: The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school returns to Heidelberg
Events The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school, held 4–15 Jul 2022, introduced students from a range of scientific backgrounds to interdisciplinary life science research.
2022
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EMBL welcomes first generation of ARISE fellows
Lab Matters Participating researchers will lead projects to develop novel technologies for better science.
2022
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EMBL enhances collaboration with scientists and research institutes in Croatia
Events Two days of events with institutes in the country add a new chapter to successful scientific collaboration
2022
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Supporting the African BioGenome Project to build bioinformatics capacity
Announcements, Lab Matters The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
2022
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New computational biology training in hematology
Announcements Tapping the potential of computational biology and bioinformatics to understand blood-related diseases.
2022
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EMBL Hamburg is helping train lab techs of the future
Lab Matters Students from the Business Academy Aarhus visit EMBL Hamburg annually. Many of them return later as trainees to gain experience as lab technicians. EMBL Hamburg offers great opportunities to learn diverse techniques and work with various equipment. This experience helps them in their future jobs in…
2022
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Enabling imaging across scales
Events EMBL’s first Imaging Centre Symposium will occur onsite at EMBL and include tours of the new Imaging Centre on 31 May, introducing participants to the facility and its staff and featuring talks on the rapid developments in imaging technologies that have led to notable biological and medical…
2022
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Anne Ephrussi elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Lab Matters The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
2022
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“Summer in Science” is back! A full immersion in science for high school students
Lab Matters After a two-year break, the summer school organised by Adamas Scienza and EMBL in collaboration with CNR is back. It will take place at the International Research Campus of Monterotondo (Rome) from 13 to 24 June 2022.
2022
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EMBL Imaging Centre kickstarts training with workshop for undergraduates
Lab Matters The new EMBL Imaging Centre held its first on-site training workshop, introducing undergraduate students to the basics of volume electron microscopy. This marks the first of many opportunities to aid capacity-building in imaging techniques in Europe.
2022
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A new era for European molecular biology
Announcements, Lab Matters EMBL announces details about its next programme, ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’. It will guide studying life across scales and in context with changing environments.
2022
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EMBL Imaging Centre welcomes first external user
Lab Matters Correlative microscopy service enables PhD student from Switzerland to study structure and location of proteins cells use to communicate.
2021
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New horizons for the EIPP
Lab Matters EMBL's PhD and postdoc programmes evolve to the more multidisciplinary way of doing great molecular biology research.
2021
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EMBL Hamburg trains future generations of life scientists in using SAXS
Lab Matters Each year, EMBL Hamburg’s Svergun Group offers practical EMBO courses and lecture courses on biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The courses provide young scientists an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by measuring their own samples, and by exploring different aspects of SAXS…
2021
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EMBL welcomes young scientists
Lab Matters This autumn, students begin their PhD in research groups across EMBL’s six sites.
2021
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New horizons for virtual learning
Events EMBL's science education department makes the latest scientific research more accessible for teachers and students.
2021
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Joining forces to solve global challenges
Lab Matters EMBL and the Swedish Science for Life Laboratory sign agreement to advance science together.
2021
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EMBL becomes newest Instruct Centre
Lab Matters EMBL’s sites in Grenoble, Hamburg, and Heidelberg form the newest Instruct Centre. The new centre offers users access to a broad range of state-of-the-art facilities.
2021
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EMBL Scientific Visitor Programme opens eyes and doors
Lab Matters Facilitated by EMBL’s Scientific Visitor Programme in 2019, Silvia Dias Almeida spent a year in the Diz-Muñoz group, helping solidify her career plans and set her up for a competitive PhD programme in biomedical imaging.
2020
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ARISE fellowship programme readying for applications
Lab Matters Ever-evolving technology and related budgetary, regulatory, and management challenges prompted EMBL to establish its new ARISE fellowship programme, which begins accepting applicants in December.
2020
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Level up!
Lab Matters ARISE fellowships to offer first-ever comprehensive training for bioscience infrastructure operations
2020
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Training the next generation of molecular biologists
Lab Matters The EMBL International PhD Programme is one of EMBL’s flagship training programmes. It forms part of our efforts to train and inspire talented scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders. Submission of applications for the current PhD student recruitment round is now possible.
2020
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Snowy day
Picture of the week Colder winter weather has finally arrived EMBL-EBI. It’s the first time the site has seen snow this winter.
2020
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Graduation Ceremony 2019
Lab Matters Forty-seven PhD students from all of EMBL’s six sites were celebrated during EMBL’s 2019 Graduation Ceremony on Friday 13 December
2019
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Fostering links with Montenegro
Events Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
2019
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EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School success
Events The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.
2019
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Teaching science in your mother tongue
Lab Matters Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
2019
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EIPOD4: 2019 applications are open
Lab Matters EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
2019
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2020 EMBL course and conference sneak preview
Events The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
2019
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Bio-Rad joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Joining forces to support early-career scientists
2019
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Top tips for teaching yourself to code!
Lab Matters Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
2019
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Foundation stone laid for EMBL Imaging Centre
Events Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
2019
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Miltenyi Biotec becomes new corporate partner
Lab Matters Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy
2019
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Reconstructing the human past
Events What genetics can tell us about the structure of ancient human populations
2018
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Science in industry
Events EMBL postdocs discover industry-led research opportunities at the Corporate Summer School
2018
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Looking for life using geobiology
Events Meet the organisers of EMBO’s first course on molecular geobiology
2018
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Promega joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists
2018
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2019 EMBL course and conference sneak preview
Events The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
2018
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Roche joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Roche and EMBL join forces
2018
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The future of Training (3)
Events EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
2018
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10x Genomics joins EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme
Lab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research
2018
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The future of Training (2)
Events EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
2018
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EMBL’s first wetlab e-learning courses go live
Events EMBL’s training programme launches its first e-learning courses: introductions to optogenetics and CLEM
2018
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The future of training
Events EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
2017
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Aid for Labs – Scientists helping each other
Lab Matters Aid for Labs is an EMBL-based charity aiming to provide scientific equipment to researchers in need
2017
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Ten years of training at EMBL-EBI
Events International experts gather at EMBL-EBI to reflect on the future of bioinformatics training
2017
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40 years of Courses and Conferences
Events How the work of the Courses and Conferences team has changed over the years
2017
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Italian school students experience life in the lab
Lab Matters School student Andrea Totaro and EMBL group leader Christophe Lancrin reflect
2017
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Bioinformatics in Latin America
Lab Matters EMBL-EBI supports bioinformatics training and capacity in Latin America
2017
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40 years of electron microscopy training at EMBL
Events Celebrating 40 years since the first EMBO electron microscopy training course
2017
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Experience life in the lab!
Lab Matters Call for applications for school students to join ‘Summer in Science’ in Monterotondo
2017
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When science meets management
Events New Master's programme for research infrastructure managers – set to launch autumn 2017
2017
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Degrees of excellence
Lab Matters Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
2017
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First year PhDs complete their training
Lab Matters For the past two months EMBL Heidelberg has hosted around 60 first year PhD students from EMBL’s International PhD Programme (EIPP). From thousands of applicants, the students were selected from over 40 countries to work on their PhD research at one of EMBL’s five sites – Grenoble, Hamburg,…
2016
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10th PEPC course in Hamburg
Events The PEPC course celebrated its 10th anniversary in Hamburg from the 12 – 20 September this year
2016
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Thinking in 3D
Alumni Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
2016
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2017 courses and conferences
Events Check out the newly revealed programme for 2017
2016
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Opinion: Dealing with the imposter in me
Lab Matters Rosemary Wilson talks about imposter syndrome and how to handle it
2016
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Meet a serial EMBL conference attendee
Events Eberhard Bengsch explains why EMBL’s events programme attracts him time and again
2016
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Bioinformatics with a bang
Lab Matters Unexpected adventures at EMBL LearningLAB focused on biodiversity
2016
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Pathways: Community management
Alumni Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
2016
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Behind the scenes: Audiovisual
Events Meet the secret timekeepers of EMBL events: AV technicians Sean Nightingale and Jan Abda
2016
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EMBL conferences go digital
Events Upgrading your conference experience with the new EMBL Events app
2016
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Childcare at EMBL events
Events EMBL PlayLab now available at 22 conferences hosted in Heidelberg
2016
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What’s on in 2016
Events With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
2015
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Event gets to the core of research
Events Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
2015
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Bioinformatics training in Africa
Events GOBLET initiative supports pan-African bioinformatics trainers in Cape Town.
2015
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Behind the scenes: Event poster design
Events Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.
2015
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Toolkit for trainers
Lab Matters The new Toolkit for Trainers, an online resource hosted at EMBL-EBI, helps biomedical science trainers create and explore new ways of teaching.
2015
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Pathways: Open letter to young scientists
Lab Matters Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
2015
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Enlightening experiments
Events From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.
2015
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A whole new ball game
Lab Matters Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
2015
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Nobel connections
Lab Matters Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2015
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Behind the scenes: Event management
Events Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
2015
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Joining forces for events
Events EMBL-Wellcome Genome Campus events collaboration showcases open, application-based science.
2015
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Symposium sails sea of knowledge
Events Insights from organisers of upcoming EMBO|EMBL Aquatic Microeukaryotes symposium.
2015
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EMBL-EBI training news
Events Highlights from EMBL-EBI’s Training Programme: Open Day, revamped webpages, free webinar series.
2015
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Super impressions
Events "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
2015
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The French connection
Lab Matters EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
2015
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EIPOD goes cubic
Lab Matters EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
2015
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The germ of a network biologist
Lab Matters “Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
2015
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Mourning the loss of Klaus Tschira
Lab Matters Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
2015
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Shining light onto the fabric of life
Events First LearningLAB of 2015 makes science of protein structure crystal clear for 22 teachers.
2015
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Fight or flight?
Events EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
2015
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Meet the Dean
Lab Matters Meet Dean of Graduate Studies, Helke Hillebrand.
2015
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Christian Boulin Fellowship
Lab Matters New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
2015
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Welcome: Marco Marcia
Science New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
2015
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Big biology, big success
Events EMBL-EBI supports Big Biology Day, inspiring 500 youngsters with jelly-baby DNA and golf-tee viruses.
2014
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The complex life of a young PI
Alumni Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
2014
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Events preview and review
Events Which courses and conferences will you attend in 2015? EMBL’s annual event calendar: out now!
2014
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On a SAXS quest
Events Course attendees go hunting (protein) aliens in a quest for optimal SAXS data.
2014
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Next generation training
Events First series of training courses jointly organised by EMBL and Illumina is a resounding success.
2014
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PEPC recipe for success
Events How to make good quality samples for good quality structural biology experiments.
2014
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Looking for the beauty in science
Lab Matters How the author of a prize-winning project on bee travel ended up at a stem cells and cancer conference
2014
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Superstars of science
Science From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
2014
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Source of inspiration
Lab Matters PhD student Charles breeze found inspiration at this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting.
2014
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Genotype to phenotype mapping course
Events EMBL-EBI hosts successful first EMBO Practical Course in Genotype to Phenotype Mapping.
2014
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Obituary: Andrew D. Robertson
Lab Matters Andrew D Robertson, scientific coordinator of EICAT between 2011–12, died on 14 August 2014.
2014
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Scientists for a day
Lab Matters Tschira-Jugendakademie pupils get hands-on during day of DNA barcoding
2014
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From students to mentors
Events PhD students reap rewards and rave reviews as Summer School of Science organisers
2014
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Still growing at 40
Lab Matters Busy times for EMBL keep Director of International Relations Silke Schumacher on the move
2014
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New training and conference centre for the life sciences at EMBL in Heidelberg
Lab Matters Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, officially opens the new training and conference centre for the life sciences on the campus of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. “This new centre in Heidelberg will form a central European…
2010
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EMBL and PerkinElmer announce corporate partnership to support EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Lab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in life science research, drug discovery and cellular science, today announced that they have entered into a corporate partnership in support of EMBL’s Advanced Training Centre in…
2008
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EMBL coordinates new Marie Curie Research Training Network “Chromatin Plasticity”
Lab Matters The European Commission has awarded 3.7 Million Euro under the European Union Framework 6 Programme over the next four years to a new Marie Curie Research Training Network, coordinated by Dr. Andreas Ladurner at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The long molecules of DNA that carry…
2007
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Giving European science a headstart through training
Lab Matters Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, breaks ground for the new training and conference centre for the life sciences that will be built on the EMBL campus in Heidelberg. The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), the Klaus Tschira…
2006
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